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Wednesday, August 23, 2006Congratulations, Mrs. Boehme, It's a....
 NOVEL! (What did you think I was going to say?) Having arrived at its completion on August 22 and weighing in at a healthy 76,000 words, my First Draft is now going to sleep for a while. All First Drafts, you know, need time to "age" -- like a good cheese or a fine Merlot. I'm not going to sleep, though. It's on to other things for a week or two. Then I'll pull out my beloved First Draft, start reading, exclaim, "EWWWW!" and immediately begin the first round of revisions. Sounds fickle, but it's absolutely necessary. Poor Spencer. This morning he proclaimed, "I won't be bored anymore, now that you've finished your book." As if I'm personally responsible for the child's level of enthusiasm on any given day! I had to break it to him gently that Mommy is actually going to keep writing...that Mommy is a writer, don't you know. Honestly. The child is HOMESCHOOLED. We spend a lot of time together -- honest! Yet he tends to feel oh-so-neglected right when I'm in the middle of an astounding independent clause or breathtaking final sentence of a chapter. I don't think he understands the concept of being published, either. When I told him that he would be able to read my novel all by himself in a couple of years, he said, "But you will have to print out a new copy. One of the chapters got coffee spilled all over it." Writing wouldn't be half so fun if I weren't the mother of four amazing, amusing children. Time to grab a chocolate chip cookie and get to work. Thank you for sharing my happiness! |
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8of my readers are feeling chatty:
Congratulations!!!!!!!
I am very happy for you! :)
Its good that you have another novel to fall back on to give this latest one the necessary aging.
At the rate I write, mine would be good and moldy by the time I got back to it.
When I finished my first draft, it had been so long since I had really looked at the first several chapters of my book that it was as good as aged. In probably another month, I should be done with my first revision.
Like you I have another novel to fall back to, but it is an incomplete first draft.
Whoot - how cool - congratulations!!!! I am happy for you and that you are 'finally having time for Spencer' (kidding). Kids are the cutest. No matter how much time we spend with them, they always want more.
Hope your revision will go well...
Have a blessed day in the Lord.:)
Corry Reilly and Spencer were definitely cast from the same mold.
Congratulations on finishing Jill!
On a completely unrelated note - Dave, my Chloe just pointed to your picture in your comment and said "Look! That's a silly crazy daddy!" She's pretty sharp for a 3 year old. :-D
Congratulations!!!!!!! I'm very excited for you!
He he he!
Alright! Congrats to you AND Spencer.
When you need an outside editor and opinion, you just zip that sucker up and send it on! :-)
Congratulations! =)
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